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4SS 50TH REGULAR SESSION

of the matters mentioned in the foregoing . Sec t'10n 1• where same Is In-
volved in litigation pending on t~~ effective date ok th;adA~;. this Act will
Sec. 3. The fact that the cities .and towns ~ ec e. onsideration
be seriously handicapped unle~s this. Act hbal~Immedl~:e ~at the Con-
creates all emergency and an Imperative pu IC necessi Yd' each
stitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three severdal aIs t~~s Act
House be suspended, and the same is hereby suspends ,an . is so
shall take effect and be in force from and after Its passage, and It
enacted. NOH se con-
Passed the House, March 19, 1947: Yeas 113, ays.; ou •
curred in Senate amendments, June 3, 1947, by a viva voce vote,
passed the Senate, as amended, June 2, 1947: Yeas 29, Nays O.
Approved June 19, 1947.
Effective 90 days after June 6, 1947, date of adjournment.

ADOPTIONS-PROCEDURE--VALIDATION

CHAPTER 434
H. B. No. 369

An Act amending Section 1, of Chapter 177, Acts of the Regular SessIon of

the Forty-second Leqlslature, providing for the adoption of minors;
amending Section 1 of Chapter 39, Acts of Second Called Session, Forty-
third Legislature, as amended by Acts, 1937, Forty-fifth Legislature, page
1324, Chapter 490, Section 2, knewn as Article 46b, Vernon's Revised Stat ..
uteaj validating adoptions; prOViding a severance or saving clause; and
declaring an emergency.

Be it enacted by the Legislatllre of the State of Teras:

Section 1. That Section 1, of Chapter 177, Acts of the Regular Ses-
sion of the Forty-second Legislature, be amended 58 so as to hereafter
read as follows:
"Section 1. Any adult person may petition the District Court in any
of the following counties: (1) the county of his residence, (2) the county
of the residence of the child to be adopted, or (3) if such child were
placed for adoption by a child-placing institution of this State, in the
county of the residence of the petitioner, or in the county of the reside!1ce
of the child, or in the county Where such child-placing institution is Sit ~
ated, for leave to adopt a minor child; such petition shall set forth tli
facts relative to petitioner and child, and be verified by the affidavi
the petitioner. But no such petition made by a married person sha
granted ';l~less the husband and wife shall join therein, excepting'
Such petitioner shall be married to the natural father or mother,
such joinder by such father or mother shall be unnecessary'"
. Sec. 2. That Se~tion 1, of Chapter 39, Acts of the l:\l!c;ttn
sion of the Forty-third Legislature, as amended by :All;
Legislature, page 1324, Chapter 490 SectiOlJ 1l,
Vernbn's Revised Statutes, be amend~f,. 0
~o
 GOOD NEIGHBOR COMMISSION OF TEXAS Ch. 4311

not authenticated or acknowledged as required for deeds a nd t

prior to the death of the adopting parent filed for record v.:ith th:~e n~
Clerk of the adopting parent's residence. oun y
"All adoption .decrees .heretofore entered by District Courts in Texas,
based on proceedmgs which conformed to the adoption statutes as there-
~fter amended, be, and the same are hereby validated and made of hind-
mg force and effect."
Sec. 3. If any section, paragraph, clause, phrase or provision of this
Act is declared unconstitutional, inoperative or invalid by any courts
of competent jurisdiction tbe same shall not affect or invalidate the reo
mainder
Sec. 4.of this
The Act.
fact that the present adoption laws fail to fully protect
and care for the status of adopted children in this State; the fact that
many adoptions have been granted by the District Courta of the State of
Texas conforming to this Act but the legality of which might be ques- '
tioned unless validated by the Act, create an emergency and an impera-
tive public necessity that the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be
read on three several days in each House be suspeIlded, and the same is
bereby suspended, and that this Act shall take effect from and after its
passage,
Passedand
theit House,
is so enacted.
May 7,1947: Yeas 123, Nays 15; passed the Sen-
ate, June 2, 1947: Yeas 29, NaYSO.
Approved June 19, 1947.
Effective June 19, 1947.

GOOD NEIGHBOR COMMISSIONOF TEXAS

CHAPTER 435 eo
It B. No. 468
d N I hbor commission of Texas and creating .am.
An Act continuing the GooC e~6S10nl prescribing certain powers and duties
as a permanent state OM million' providing for assistanCe from of-
for said permanent 5t:te ee~~e.of the
state and providing for payment
fleers, departments a~ ag ro rlatlng funds for Its expenses during the
ot expenses Incurred, ar%J:
for transportational facilities for the Com-
1947-1949 biennium: prev t~ SecretarY· and declaring an emergency.
mission and for Its execu ve I

1 L . lanwe of tile Stafe of Texas:

Be it enacted by f "egIS I th's Act is to continue the Good Neigh-
Section 1. The purpose 0 • • I all created hy Acts, 1945, Forty-ninth
bor commission of TexaS aS orl~~ b: House sm No. 804 of said Session
Legislature, page 133, Chap ter 'is hereby continued in so far as the
of the Legislature,. and th~~a:: provisions of this Act i and. so far as
saJX\e ia not rocOD8ISten~WI • I ture is inconsistent With thiS Act, the
aaid A,ct..of the Forti-nroth ~~s ~rovided. 'There is hereby created ~e
'1 Bl\ sIll which shaIl be composed of Dine
'oft of l~s T citizen of tbe United States and
lilll ~: :haIl be appointed by the Governor
an )J'\lrBe (3) of such members shan
l from Pie effective date of thia
f ur (4) years from such
s f~om such qate'.
Gov.eJ.'P,orI!I:IlI:I
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